Introduction to Google Fusion Tables. For more goto: http://amodkumargupta.blogspot.in/search/label/google%20fusion

1. Google Fusion Tables
(@VGSoM)
BY
AMOD KUMAR GUPTA (10BM60007)
BIJO P. JOY (10BM60020)

2. Warning
“Do not be fooled by the simplicity”

3. Importance in Business
 Data can give you powerful insights
 Visualizing the data will help you find answers to
questions which you never knew.
 Simple tool  Manage Data
Merge Data
Visualize Data
Share Data
 For instance, it is now commonly used by journalists
@ Washington Post, Guardian UK, LA Chronicles
etc.

4. Some specs
 Launched in June „09 from the Google labs by Alon
Halevy.
 http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/
 Goals (i) An easy Data Management tool that is
meant for a large audience.
(ii) Provide incentives for Data Sharing
(iii) Enable users to collaborate effectively on
Data Management in the cloud

5. Pre-requisites
 A Google account
 Skill level – Beginner
 A browser loaded with flash player
(preferably Google Chrome)

6. Data Sources
 Private Tables managed in Google docs account
 Public Tables which are available online

7. Getting Started
For our Demonstration we will use Twitter Data
 Twitter Data was downloaded from www.twittersave.tk (Tutorial on
blog) where we have implemented a php script to download the data.
 The excel file consists of twitter details of the followers of Sony India (
@sony_india ) and followers of LG India ( @ lgindiatweets ). Sony
India data is identified by a value 1 in company column and LG India is
identified by value 2.
Google Fusion

8. Importing Private Data
 Redirects you to the Google Docs page
(Fusion Tables are now incorporated to
Google Docs under the name „Table(beta)‟)
 Create  Table(beta)
 Compatible Formats  (of sizes up to 100MB)
spreadsheets
comma-separated text (.csv)
other text-delimited files (.tsv, etc)
KML (.kml)

9. Options
 Geo-coding
 Merging
 Applying Filters

10. Visualizations
 Table
 Map
 Intensity Maps
 Charts  Line
Bar
Scatter
Pie

11. Other Features
 Experiment  Zoomable Line Chart
 Application Programming Interface
SQL like code
 Sharing  Like that of Google Docs
Embeddable code

12. Thank You Google for the wonderful tool..
“Yes!! we admit it, again.. You make this world a
better place”